ARTICLE XII
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHERS
The Corporation shall, to the extent legally permissible, have power to indemnify any person serving or who has served as a Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation in the manner prescribed by the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and restated from time to time, of the Corporation.
The Corporation shall, to the extent permissible, have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under this section.,
ARTICLE XIII
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS
Section 1. Transfer Restrictions.
Before any holder (“Stockholder”) of shares of common stock of the Corporation (“Shares”) may Transfer (as such term is defined below) Shares (or any interest therein) to another prospective holder, such Stockholder must obtain the prior written consent of the Corporation upon resolutions duly approved by the Board of Directors, which consent may be withheld in its sole discretion. “Transfer” shall mean with respect to any security, the direct or indirect assignment, sale, transfer, tender, pledge, hypothecation, or the grant, creation or suffrage of a lien or encumbrance in or upon, or the gift, placement in trust, or the Constructive Sale (as such term is defined below) or other disposition of such security (including transfer by testamentary or intestate succession, merger or otherwise by operation of law) or any right, title or interest therein (including, but not limited to, any right or power to vote to which the holder thereof may be entitled, whether such right or power is granted by proxy or otherwise), or the record or beneficial ownership thereof, the offer to make such a sale, transfer, Constructive Sale or other disposition, and each agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing, to effect any of the foregoing. “Constructive Sale” shall mean, with respect to any security, a short sale with respect to such security, entering into or acquiring an offsetting derivative contract with respect to such security, entering into or acquiring a futures or forward contract to deliver such security, or entering into any other hedging or other derivative transaction that has the effect of materially changing the economic benefits and risks of ownership. Any purported Transfer of any Shares of the Corporation’s stock effected in violation of this section shall be null and void and shall have no force or effect and the Corporation shall not register any such purported Transfer.
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